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Cox Sports Television To Feature UConn Men's and Women's Soccer, Field
Hockey and
Volleyball
STORRS, Conn. (September 3, 2008) –
Four University of Connecticut sporting events will be televised by Cox Sports
Television this fall as part of the ongoing partnership between Cox and UConn
that began two years ago. The four events will be: UConn vs.
Providence women’s soccer, UConn vs. Quinnipiac field hockey, UConn vs. Yale
men’s soccer and UConn vs. Villanova volleyball.
The women’s soccer game will be played on Friday, Sept. 19
and will be shown on Cox on Saturday, Sept. 20 at noon. The field hockey game
will be played on Wednesday, Oct. 1 and be shown on Cox on Thursday, Oct. 2 at
7:00 p.m. The men’s soccer game will be played on Wednesday, Oct. 22 and be
shown on Cox on Thursday, Oct. 23 at 7:00 p.m. The volleyball match will be
played on Sunday, Nov. 2 and be shown on Cox twice – Sunday, Nov. 3 at 7:30 p.m.
and Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 8:00 p.m.
Cox Sports Television is a regional sports network based
out of Lincoln, R.I., and services Cox cable television systems in 19
Connecticut cities and towns and the state of Rhode Island. The Connecticut
cities and towns serviced by Cox include: Cheshire, East Granby, East Windsor,
Enfield, Glastonbury, Granby, Hartland, Manchester, Meriden, Newington, Rocky
Hill, Somers, Southington, South Windsor, Suffield, Wethersfield, Windsor Locks
and Union.
Mark Brown of ESPN International will provide play-by-play
for the women’s soccer and volleyball games. Former Husky Jill Lauber will do
color for the women’s soccer game while Dorothy Franco-Reid will be the color
announcer for the volleyball match.
Joe D’Ambrosio of the UConn Radio Network and WTIC NewsTalk
1080 will be the play-by-play announcer for the men’s soccer game while John
Tuite of WILI-AM Radio in Willimantic will do play-by-play for the field hockey
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